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6 - Conclusion

History as Prologue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2020

Pouya Alimagham
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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This concluding chapter compares and contrasts the Green Uprising with the Arab Spring revolts, underscoring connections between these historic events, and their strengths and weaknesses. Importantly, it also considers claims of the finality of the government’s defeat of the uprising on Revolution Day. For many, the uprising endures in one way or another. Long-term impacts on the government include shattered political taboos, issues of ideological legitimacy, and the subsequent conduct of the state. Despite claims of its failure by the state and more widely, the Green Movement continues to show signs of life. Once again, this uprising is situated in Iran’s genealogy of revolutionary upheaval—empowered by the past while also informing future protests. The book concludes, as it began, with a critique of the state’s preferred slogan that encapsulates its purposeful, one-dimensional understanding of the Iranian Revolution: “Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic.”

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Contesting the Iranian Revolution
The Green Uprisings
, pp. 256 - 284
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Conclusion
  • Pouya Alimagham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Book: Contesting the Iranian Revolution
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108567060.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Pouya Alimagham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Book: Contesting the Iranian Revolution
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108567060.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Pouya Alimagham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Book: Contesting the Iranian Revolution
  • Online publication: 20 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108567060.007
Available formats
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